My Story, Islamists claim lead in Tunisia

Tunisia’s main Islamist party claimed Monday to have taken the biggest block of votes in historic free elections, as the cradle of the Arab Spring basked in praise for its democratic revolution.

Official results were not due until Tuesday, but provisional numbers released by media outlets appeared to confirm the Ennahda party’s prediction that it would be the dominant force in Tunisia’s constituent assembly.

The leader of the secular centre-left PDP party, tipped as Ennahda’s main challenger before the vote, conceded defeat.

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